The New York Times

ACROSS 1 ___ California 5 Frequent sights in Road Runner cartoons 10 Attempt 14 Vegetarian substitute for gelatin 15 “Silence is the most perfect expression of

_ _ _” (line in a Shaw play) 16 Philosopher David 17 Despicable … or where this answer goes? 20 Paradises 21 Output of Santa’s workshop 22 Retort to 4-Down 23 Dandies 25 Moving around very nicely, thank you 26 Nonstop joker 28 Midday break 32 Merit badge holder 35 Nearly forever 36 What to expect between June and September in India 38 What’s what, in Italy

39 Sick … or where this answer goes? 42 “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord …,” e.g. 43 “Diamonds”

44 Habitat for bitterns and herons

45 ___ walk 47 University whose name is also a food

49 Levels 52 Knuckleheaded act?

56 Is indebted to 57 Side to be considered

61 “I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in ___”: James Brown 62 Latent … or where this answer goes? 65 Notable time 66 Shipping route 67 Burnish 68 Servius Tullius, e.g., in ancient Rome

69 Part of w.p.m.: Abbr. 70 One-eighty 71 Like some wines and humor

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1 Hon

2 Like sharp cheddar 3 Longtime actress co-starring in Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie” 4 Schoolyard denial 5 Winter hrs. in the Midwest

6 Fünf + drei 7 2017 Pixar hit 8 Where Paris took Helen 9 Holiday _ _ _ 10 Heavy scissors 11 Possible result of overeating, informally 12 Roadies’ loads 13 Texas politico O’Rourke 18 “Poor venomous fool,” to Cleopatra 19 A hot one is timely 24 Place for a coin 25 Old woman’s home, in a children’s rhyme 26 Enlist again 27 Na+ and Cl– 29 Square

30 Tiny fraction of a min.

31 Shrink in fear 33 What dogs do in the spring

34 One of a pair of towel markings

36 Citi Field mascot 37 Drug trafficker, informally

40 City across the Rio Grande from Juárez

41 Drive … or drive mad? 46 Drifted downriver, say

48 Not off key

49 Not drunk 50 Quaint contraction 51 “Stop worrying!” 53 Play defense against

54 Run up, as charges 55 Barely make it 58 Cries of discovery 59 Animated frame 60 Biblical twin 63 Indianapolis-to-St. Louis dir. 64 Female Jedi in “Star Wars”